Next WVKR Appearance

Tune in THURSDAY NOVEMBER 18 from 6 to 8pm for
THE LOST AND FOUND OLDIES SHOW on WVKR.

Meantime, you can find me www.coldspringradio.com

Thanks!
Sammy

Is Sammy Coming Back To VKR???

It's possible!
The fabulous Peter Clark has taken over the Friday 3 to 5 pm slot (I know, it surprised ME, too--thought it would go to Jay Spica who covered for me most of the whole time I was gone) which means Pete's alternating Thursday 6-8pm shift will become vacant in October.

I've sent word to WVKR Exec Staff that I'm interested in that time period . Awaiting their response. Stay tuned....

lostoldies@yahoo.com

Where's Sammy July 23?

Thanks to Jay Spica who's been covering for me and will continue to do so until further notice.

You can find me at www.coldspringradio.com where there's a link to Email AND Program Schedule on when I'll be broadcasting LIVE!

Where's Sammy June 25?

Thanks to Peter Clark for filling in today's 3 to 5 slot on WVKR.

You can find ME live on da radio at www.coldspringradio.com on the following dates:

SATURDAY JUNE 26 from 12 NOON to 3 counting down the Billboard Top 100 of 6/26/75

SUNDAY JUNE 27 from 9 to 11am and 3 to 5 counting down the Billboard Top 100 of 6/27/66

Hope you stop by!
Sammy
lostoldies@yahoo.com

Where's Sammy ?

Peter Clark fills in Friday June 18 from 3 to 5 for WVKR's LOST AND FOUND OLDIES SHOW.

Catch me, Sammy, LIVE on Cold Spring Radio at the the following times:

Thursday June 17: 4 to 6pm: Acoustic Singer-Songwriter Folk feat. Clearwater

Friday June 18: 9am to 11:30 am: Acoustic Singer-Songwriter Folk feat. Clearwater

Saturday June 19: 12 noon to 3:00pm: Billboard Hot 100 Countdown from July 19, 1970

Sunday June 20: 1:00 pm to 4:00pm: Billboard Hot 100 Countdown from July 20, 1967

June 11, 1968 Playlist

Sure was fun having Primitive George stick around for the full 2 hours today! And to be joined by Peter Clark was icing on the cake.

I looked back to the date of the very first CKLW BIG 30 I ever acquired which had a picture of Tiny Tim on the cover and contained some of the best music ever! Check out what I played here:

http://wvkr.radioactivity.fm/playlist.html?djoid=1633&date=06-11-2010

I'll be away the next two Fridays. Catch me at www.coldspringradio.com
Thanks for listening and shoot me an Email lostoldies@yahoo.com
SAMMY

Where's Sammy? + May 28, 1970 Playlist

www.coldspringradio.com

Keep that link handy.

It's the address of only the coolest 70s (Fridays thru Saturday) and 60s (Sat thru Mon AM) music ....anywhere! All the features that made The Lost And Found Oldies Show are there including hits AND rarities, jingles, vintage commercials, TV themes, etc. as well as LIVE commentary from Yours Truly and special guests. The live portion times will vary week to week but will be posted on the Program Schedule page so you can keep in touch.

When the station's not playing 60s and 70s, it will be Acoustic Singer Songwriter Folk Monday thru Friday including many local artists.

I really enjoy my time at WVKR; I think that's obvious. My schedule for TLAFOS might be a bit intermittent as I get this venture going, but in the meantime, when you're not listening to 91.3 FM or http://www.wvkr.org/ please check out Cold Spring Radio and keep in touch by visiting

www.coldspringradio.com

thanks for listening,

Sam

http://wvkr.radioactivity.fm/playlist.html?djoid=1633&date=05-28-2010

May 21 Playlist featuring Two Sams

Special thanks to Sam The Tattoo Man for providing us with all the tunes on today's show:

http://wvkr.radioactivity.fm/playlist.html?djoid=1633&date=05-21-2010

That's Sam and his lovely daughter Gina, a very polite, personable, beautiful young woman in the photo above. I had a really cool shot of Gina's pants with Beatles lyrics printed on them, but it didn't turn out. Really nice people, though, and some great stuff musically from STTM!

Friday May 28 is my 6th Anniversary in the 3pm Friday time slot on WVKR and Primitive George will be celebrating his TENTH Anniversary on the station, so definitely tune in.

Thanks for listening. Email lostoldies@yahoo.com and visit www.coldspringradio.com as well.

Sammy

May 14,1972 Lost And Found SOULDIES Playlist

Counted down The Billboard Top 50 Soul Singles from this week in 1972. Had to skip a few but managed to feature over 30 records including the full length version of our closing theme "Walk In The Night" by Jr. Walker & The All Stars. Background jams were from the Eddy Senay album "Hot Thang" whose title track was featured on the show and is one of my personal favorites, one I haven't heard in a dog's age, having only recently acquired the album.

http://wvkr.radioactivity.fm/playlist.html?djoid=1633&date=05-14-2010

Appreciated all the great phone calls. Thank you for taking the time. I will miss you guys.

Email lostoldies@yahoo.com and check out www.coldspringradio.com for 60s/70s weekends and Acoustic Folk during the week.

Thanks for listening! ~~Sammy

May 7, 1970 (2010) Playlist

AM Radio Gold from this date in 1970 except for the Bee Gees' "Then You Left Me" from their "Cucumber Castle" album which was on the LP charts 40 years ago. Thanks for all the great calls. Happy Birthday, Big Joe!

Email: lostoldies@yahoo.com

http://wvkr.radioactivity.fm/playlist.html?djoid=1633&date=05-07-2010

Thanks for listening!
Sammy
www.coldspringradio.com

April 30 Playlist: Don Day

Thanks to the listener who coined my Don from Middletown Tribute Show "Don Day". Love it.

Not sure where Don went to. Hate to lose such a loyal listener. And that goes for the rest of you who made a habit of calling and then all of a sudden stop. We DO notice. I know sometimes I have to be short so I can catch up and not leave you with dead air but know that the fact that you take the time to call is MUCH APPRECIATED!

Email is best lostoldies@yahoo.com

So thanks to Don from Middletown who was responsible for turning me on to half the records you heard on today's show: http://wvkr.radioactivity.fm/playlist.html?djoid=1633&date=04-30-2010

Next Friday, May 7 is May 1970 AM Radio Gold. See ya then and thanks for listening!
Sammy

April 23rd Playlist + The Return Of Johnny Tremendous

What a treat! Lotsa new stuff plus chart entries from April 1968. As always, Tremendous was.....TREMENDOUS! Thanks for listening.

http://wvkr.radioactivity.fm/playlist.html?djoid=1633&date=04-23-2010

lostoldies@yahoo.com

April 16 Playlist

I like nothing better than discovering a truly lost record, one of those shoulda been a hit thingies.

I spend the little free time I have these days on YouTube, ITunes, Amazon, trying to find such gems and spotlighted several recent finds from the 60s on today's show. Feedback was inspiring; here's the playlist to remind you what you heard:

http://wvkr.radioactivity.fm/playlist.html?djoid=1633&date=04-16-2010

Which ones were YOUR favorites? Email me at lostoldies@yahoo.com

Friday April 23 marks the return of Johnny Tremendous to WVKR so be sure to tune in!

Thanks for listening!
Sammy
www.coldspringradio.com

April 9 Playlist + Sneak Peak

Today's look back to the AM radio hits (and rarities!) of April 1970 garnered some of the most positive feedback in the 6 years I've been on WVKR. I think having that extra half hour, knowing I wouldn't have to rush contribued to the fun. Maybe it was just the great tunes mixed in with the WTF songs. Whatever, YOU made it fun for me. THANKS! Here's the playlist:

http://wvkr.radioactivity.fm/playlist.html?djoid=1633&date=04-09-2010

Friday April 16 will feature many truly lost 60s gems--records I've never played before--along with better known singles on the charts from 1965--1969.

Friday April 23 it's the return of Johnny Tremendous! He's been away far, far too long.

Love your feedback: lostoldies@yahoo.com

THANKS FOR LISTENING!!
Sammy
www.coldspringradio.com

April 2nd Philipstown Food Pantry Birthday Show + Playlist

So many people to thank for participating in today's show on such a beaUtiful sunny day. The fact that you took the time to call a radio station on a day like this meant a lot to me. Thanks to
Johnny Tremendous, Judy, Tom, Gary, Sam The Tattoo Man, Keith, Alice and Jane from Lansing, Michigan! Thanks to you, I'm donating $121 dollars to the Philipstown Food Pantry in Cold Spring. Thanks also to Andrea Bach, Food Pantry coordinator for calling in and all her wonderful work with the volunteers for the pantry. Please consider donating to your own pantry or Email lostoldies@yahoo.com and I'll hook you up with ours.

Thanks also to Peter Clark for stopping by (loved the birthday cake!) and especially Primitive George who truly, truly made today that much more fun for me. Be sure to wish PG a Happy Birthday when you talk to him next week!

Thanks also to all of you who wished me Happy Birthday today. ALL you listeners are really the best. Hope to see ya next Friday!

Sammy
www.coldspringradio.com

http://wvkr.radioactivity.fm/playlist.html?djoid=1633&date=04-02-2010

March 26, 1972 Playlist

All songs played on today's show came from Billboard's Hot 50 Soul Singles chart from this week in 1972. http://wvkr.radioactivity.fm/playlist.html?djoid=1633&date=03-26-2010

Email lostoldies@yahoo.com and be sure to check out www.coldspringradio.com !

Thanks for listening!
SAMMY

March 19, 1966 Playlist

Had a whole different show planned for March 19th but after the stretch of weather we had this week, I got a bad case of Spring Fever and went back to possibly THE greatest chart in the history of Billboard charts--March 19, 1966. Perfect songs for toolin' around with the windows rolled down, workin' in the yard, whatever. Thanks to Peter Clark for joining in.

http://wvkr.radioactivity.fm/playlist.html?djoid=1633&date=03-19-2010

This week also coincided with the premiere of probably the greatest "Batman" episode ever--the debut of Julie Newmar as Catwoman and I featured clips from that very episode.

Hope you enjoyed. Email your comments lostoldies@yahoo.com and
THANKS for listening!

Sammy
www.coldspringradio.com

March 12, 1970 Playlist

Today I counted down the CKLW Big 30 from from 40 years ago as I counted down to my final show on WVKR. So many great memories from this week in 1970. See for yourself:

http://wvkr.radioactivity.fm/playlist.html?djoid=1633&date=03-12-2010

Thank you for sharing your own recollections with me on the phone. Would love for you to Email me as well: lostoldies@yahoo.com

March 19th will be a special show featuring the return of Primitive George and Peter Clark so you won't wanna miss that!

Meanwhile thanks for listening and have a great week.
Sam
www.coldspringradio.com

March 5 Playlist: February 1970

So great to be back after an extended absence.
And SO great to have Primitive George and Peter Clark sit in with me to comment on the mostly rarities on the charts from 40 years ago last month.

http://wvkr.radioactivity.fm/playlist.html?djoid=1633&date=03-05-2010

Next week we'll countdown the CKLW Big 30 from March 2, 1970--GOBS of great stuff! Tune in.

lostoldies@yahoo.com

Thanks for listening. SAM

Friday February 19 Playlist + Update + Joel Tyner

Thanks to Peter Clark for filling in today. So cool to drive down Route 9 the first 35 minutes of the show to hear those great tunes! If you missed any of what he played, here's the playlist:
http://wvkr.radioactivity.fm/

As Pete's show went on, a couple thoughts occurred to me. No doubt the Orphan Master selected some great 45s, he definitely did. And his professional radio announcer delivery--makes me green with envy. He's simply one of the best at what he does. Love that guy.

But as I approach my 6th anniversary with WVKR later this month, I can honestly say I'm still jazzed and excited about the music that I play. 6 years later, I'm still finding tunes to play that I've never played before--in an Oldies format, no less.

And it's more than liking a bunch of cool songs and throwing them together, it's about putting them in a context historically, and pacing them in terms of variety i.e. fast, slow, hit, non-hit, soul, rock, ballad, etc. I take time each and every week to plan this stuff out in advance because I am so passionate about the music and the era that it represents. And I want it sound good to you, the listeners, as well. The goal is to mix the tunes with the clips with the trivia so that it paints an audio picture and helps you remember where YOU were at the time or what it MAY have sounded like if you weren't.

I don't always succeed; sometimes what I think will sound good on air ultimately does not. Also, I get feedback like Too Much Soul/Rockers/Ballads and yet an equal number of Too LITTLE Soul/Rockers/Ballads comments come in. So I learned long ago, ya can't please every-one, so ya got ta please yourself.

You'll notice the format changes almost weekly--some weeks it's 4 songs then talk, others 8, sometimes talk over the songs, some times not, etc. I've tinkered with the formula so often trying to get it just right. Because it matters. The music is that important. To me at least. If I could talk over a song as well as Peter Clark, it would be a done deal!

But I'm rarely satisfied.

I am proud of what I done on WVKR thus far. I've been fortunate to have had the job flexibility that allowed me to take Friday afternoons off to come in and hopefully entertain you for 2 hours. But when I got the word a few months ago that my Saturday shift was to be no more, it was a wake up call. I had to do something else.

A door was closing. What now?

I've been thinking a long time about putting together a coffee table book about 45s. A chronological listing of every single to make the charts (plus more): "45 RPM: 1964-1970 From " Want To Hold Your Hand" to "The Long And Winding Road" ". But how to finance such an undertaking?

An Email from someone affilated with WVKR--someone I like and respect--who was displeased about something I'd written on this Blog earlier this Fall coincided with the tepid response I got during our pledge drive which coincided with a meeting I attended in my village of Cold Spring where a group of us were contemplating starting our own online newspaper. I mentioned I was a DJ at WVKR and someone halfheartedly said, "Hey, Sam, you should start your own radio station." I scoffed at the time, until I looked into it. And you know what? I saw that it was not impossible.

Getting FCC licenses, a transmitter, engineer, frequency etc to start a low power station like the one coming in the Catskills--overwhelming, but an internet radio station? Doable!

Also, serendipitous was an article in the New York Times about Montana Radio Cafe. There ARE no such things as coincidences, kids. That article, my doubts about my worth at WVKR, my new job situation, they all conspired to make me go for my dream.

Thus Cold Spring Radio is born.

And I am absolutely petrified about this new endeavor.

There is every likelilhood that it will fall flat on its face, that there is no way something like this could ever take off. Some guy sitting in a storefront window on a tourist-craving Main Street doing a live radio show, hoping to attract passersby? Hoping to get people to listen on a regular basis to music they can't often hear on other radio stations? Hoping that the station's visibility will be good for the town that I live so that yet another "For Rent" sign doesn't have to go up? Hoping that local advertisers and listeners will financially sponsor this to help keep it running????

The odds are against. Strongly.

But this was that window opening while that door was closing. Now or never. Crunch time. Open the storefront, earn some extra income, put together the book in the meantime. Whew! A dream, and now it's happening.

I'll continue to host "The Lost And Found Oldies Show" Fridays at 3 for as long as I can, but it's only a matter of weeks before I'll have to give up my time slot and believe me when I tell you how much I'm gonna miss it. Hopefully, they'll let me sub-it's a great place, really, with a lot of great people who really care, with SO much potential to be better than it is--SO MUCH--, and just the thought of not seeing Primitive George for at least a few minutes every week is not easy to face. I'm serious. For all the ribbing I do of him on air, he is tops at what he does. And he'll hate me for saying this, but he's a heckuva nice guy!

And YOU, the people who take the time to call or Email. If it wasn't for you I would be just another guy playing records in his basement. Alone. When you Email, especially, (cuz you can't know how hard it is to really pay attention on the phone and not subject listeners to dead air), it really, really keeps me going when I've wanted to save on gas money and not show up or take a freelance assignment and call for a sub. So THANK ! YOU!

As for Joel Tyner....I HATE when he shuts down the turntable right in the middle of Patti Smith's "People Have The Power"! HATE IT! It shows such a disrespect for the music and anyone listening who might actually like the song. aaargh!

Finally, I hope you'll join me Friday February 26 for February 1970 AM Radio Hits And Misses. I don't "randomly pick a year out of a hat"; it's 40 years ago this week, has been now at least once a month since 2006. Hello?

I may not have the velvety tones of the incredible Peter Clark, but hopefully you sense my passion for the music I play. I am not embarassed in the least for putting it on. Thanks for listening.

Sammy
http://www.coldspringradio.com/

February 12, 1964 Playlist

Ok , ya gots yer DJs who throw on a buncha "oldies" and call it a "show" and then you have something like today's program. I am not sorry to see Scott Shannon's Truuue Olllldies channel bite the dust on 95.7 up here to be replaced by Christian radio, but unfortunately that syndicated mess will probably rear its ugly head somewhere soon.

Today's "Lost And Found Oldies Show" brought you more than just music--audio clips from TV, movies, radio commercials of Feb. 12, 1964 all to commemorate the Beatles playing Carnegie Hall 45 years ago today following their first appearance on Ed Sullivan 3 days later.

http://wvkr.radioactivity.fm/playlist.html?djoid=1633&date=02-12-2010

Then I got to sub for Jonny Eatabone in the Bachelor Pad at Colony Three with my buddy and all around great DJ and guy Peter Clark. The playlist omitted "Think Pink" from "Funny Face" sung by Kay Thompson. Hope you stuck around for that. LOTSA phone calls for that show. Very much appreciated.

Pete will sub for me Friday, February 19.
To find out what I've been up to these past few months, visit www.coldspringradio.com .

Would love to get your feedback! lostoldies@yahoo.com

THANKS for listening; your support means a lot!
Sammy

Friday February 5th Guest Host Is....

PETER CLARK, host of WVKR's "Orphanage Of Rock And Roll"!

Problem is, he'll be so fabulous that you won't want me back!

Make sure to tune in to Peter's version of "The Lost And Found Oldies Show" Friday, Februrary 5th from 3 to 5 pm immediately following "The Primitive Show" on 91.3 www.wvkr.org !

Thanks for listening,
Sammy
lostoldies@yahoo.com

January 22, 2010 Playlist and Welcome Back!

Wow, thanks so much for the great calls welcoming me back! It was nice to be missed. Hope the first show of the New Year didn't disappoint. We looked back 40 (?!) years ago to the AM radio hits (and misses) of January 1970. How many did YOU remember?:

http://wvkr.radioactivity.fm/playlist.html?djoid=1633&date=01-22-2010

Thanks to Lyn The She Devil for doing such a super sub job while I was away. She'll be back Friday January 29, and then I return Friday February 5 with AM radio hits from FEBRUARY 1970! Hope you'll tune in.

Feedback ENCOURAGED: lostoldies@yahoo.com

Have a GREAT week and thanks for listening!
Sammy

January 8 Update

Happy New Year!
Thanks for the good wishes via Email. Hope you had festive holidaze as well.

No one responded to my sub request so there may be ~gasp~ automation on WVKR Jan 8 between 3 and 5. Yuk.

Lyn will fill in January 15 and there's a good chance I'll be back January 22.

Keep in touch!
Sammy

lostoldies@yahoo.com